Unbreakable clothes-pin.



c. E. STAUB UNBREAKABLE CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 16. I918.

"1,274,344. Patnted July 30,1918.

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UNBBEAKABLE CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1918.

Application filed February 16, 1918. Serial No. 217,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE ELMER STAUB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mascoutah, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Unbreakable Clothes-Pins, of which the following "is a s ecification. I

his invention relates to clothes pins and it has for its object to produce a very simple and inexpensive device of this kind which will be practically unbreakable and indestructible by ordinary usage.

A further object of the invention is to produce a clothes pin which ma be easily and inexpensively manufacture of sheet metal, which will be serviceable and eiiicient in use, and the utility of which will not be aflected by long continued use.

With these and 'otherends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the device conslsts 1n the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of. parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side view illustrating a modification.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line -95 in Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of refer- The improved clothes pin is produced of an elongated narrow strip of metal by bending the same so as to form an approximately circular headand the limbs 16, said limbs contacting with eachother throu bout, the

ut midway of their lengt s where each limb is formed with an outwardly bulged portion 17, said bulged portions cooperatin to form an elongated eye 18, and at their lower extremities where said limbs are bent out- 4 wardly with respect to each other, as seen at be sufliciently resilent to cause the limbs 16 to be maintained in contacting relation, as

above set forth, except when forcibly separated, as will be the case when the device is utilized to secure a garment on a clothes line, said garment and line being inserted through the throat 20 and between the limbs 16 until the elongated eye 18 is reached, the limbs 16 being thus forced apart against the tension of the spring formed by the head portion 15. The garment will thus be firmly secured on the line until the device is removed. 7

That portion of the strip of metal which is bent to form the head 15 is provided with an exterior longitudinal central channel-like rib 21 that extends almost circumferentially around the head and terminates near the limbs-16. By the formation of such rib the device is materially strengthened and the tension exerted by the spring portion formed by the head 15 will be materially increased, thereby increasing the strength, durability and. efficiency of the device. It will also be noticed that the rib 21 is susceptible of cheap formation incidental to the production of the pin, and that whlle it doesnot appreciably .increase the cost of the pin it materially prolongs the usefulness thereof, this latter being due to the fact that without the rib 21 the head 15 is likely to be fractured by frequent separation of the limbs.

What is claimed as new is:

The herein described clothes pin, consisting essentially of a narrow elongated strip of resilient metal sha ed to form an approximately eircula'r hea and a longitudinally extending channel-like rib projectlng exteriorly on said head and llmbs extendmg from-the head at points opposite the center of the said rib, the inner faces of sa1d hmbs contacting with each other except at an mtermediate point where outward bulges are formed that cooperate to form an elongated eye, and at their lower extremltles where said limbs are bent outward to form a throat or inlet.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

., CLARENCE ELMER STAUB. 

